"Power Plant" @ HK Art Festival 2011 (2011-2-18 to 3-13) 戶外聲光雕塑展覽活動《聲光園》@ 香港藝術節2011

Soak up the sounds, let in the light 
 
Artist: Mark Anderson, Anne Bean, Jony Easterby, Ulf Pedersen and Kirsten Reynolds 


From 18 February - 13 March (except Feb 21, 28 and Mar 7)
There will be FOUR entry times every night (except Mondays):
8:00pm, 8:30pm, 9:00pm and 9:30pm
Admission fee: HK$20

Location: Kowloon Wall City Park  (Entrance of the exhibition located at the East Gate of the Park on Tung Tsing Road)

Tickets available at all URBTIX outlets and www.urbtix.hk now.

http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/en/prog/48/
http://www.powerplant.org.uk/

2010 art space in factory 798 Beijing 798艺术区2010艺术空间 by Thanlab Office

798 art zone in Dashanzi area Beijing is the first well known artist village in Beijing, converted from government owned military 798 factory which oringinally produced electronics and abandoned for a period of time.  Artist studios started to occupied the space in 2002 followed by galleries, art centres, cafes and restaurants.  While 798 becomes more popular as a tourist sight seeing spot, the rent was going up and more formal and commercialize art galleries and companies replaced the artist studios.
"2010 Arts Space" is one of the new comer in 798, its new building is designed by architect and professor Han Tao (韩涛) design studio "Thanlab Office".  The Building is a three-storey exhibition space in cube form with cut in space to form entrances and opening and allow daylight to entry into each levels.  A tree branches concept is served both the building structure; also formed and defined the building internal space.  The holly branches design enables natural light to wash down the levels while providing lines of sight to different zones. The tops of the arms puncture through to the roof, remaining open to the sun to provide an ideal condition for the exhibition rooms, extensive light studies were
conducted which also determined the permeability of the facade. 
The building layered in three main programs of the facility and stacked on top of eachother as storeys, with ground floor as the exhibition space, second floor as administrative and services, and third floor as studioes. using a tree-like structure, the separate zones were intermixed and integrated throughout the building, while simultaneously subdividing the static geometry of the floors. the result is a multi-level structure that overlaps and associates both art and commercial spaces together.

External View of 2010 art space (sources: thanlab office)

First level Exhibition Space (sources: thanlab office) 

Second Level (sources: thanlab office) 

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Third Floor Light Tube (sources: thanlab office)

Day Light Study at different time of a day  (clockwise from top left) 6:00 am, 9:00 am, 12:00 pm, 3:00 pm (sources: thanlab office)

subdivide the space in to a tree structure to let sunlight in and provide views out (sources: thanlab office) 

within the tree: art space
outside the tree: commercial space (sources: thanlab office) 

Study Model of tree geometry (sources: thanlab office) 

First Level Layout Plan (sources: thanlab office) 

Second Level Floor Plan (sources: thanlab office) 

Third Level Floor Plan (sources: thanlab office) 

Light Tubes Layout (sources: thanlab office) 

Section (sources: thanlab office) 

Section (sources: thanlab office) 

schematic diagram - stacking of uses and programs
(pink) guest room
(blue) art agency office / restaurant
(green) art exhibition space (sources: thanlab office) 

schematic diagram - distribute the exhibiting spaces throughout the building by puncturing through the different levels (pink) guest room
(blue) art agency office / restaurant
(green) art exhibition space (sources: thanlab office) 

schematic diagram - tree structure translated to the facade treatment
(pink) guest room
(blue) art agency office / restaurant
(green) art exhibition space (sources: thanlab office) 

3D Model of steel structure (sources: thanlab office) 

Construction of the Light Tube (sources: thanlab office) 

Construction (sources: thanlab office) 

Looking up throught the light tube (sources: www.designboom.com) 

Ground Level Structure (sources: www.designboom.com) 

Light tubes structure (sources: www.designboom.com) 

Roof top with light tube opening (sources: www.designboom.com) 

Sources: www.designboom.com

The Water House Shanghai 上海水舍 by Neri & Hu opened in May 2010

Central Courtyard with hotel room windows (sources: http://www.nhdro.com)

The Waterhouse is a 19 rooms boutique hotel located at the south bund district of Shanghai, it is an old Japanese army head quarter built in the 1930’s along the Huangpu River front.  The hotel total area is 28,000sm composed by two buildings: a hotel and an event warehouse with a rooftop bar and a restaurant.  This refurbished project maintain the warehouse with industrial accent to recall the history of this district and a touch of modern Chinese aesthetic.  
The entire designing concept of The Waterhouse was based on "a blurring or an inversion of internal & external spaces, creating a disorienting yet refreshing spatial experience for guests in search of something out of the ordinary."  Quoted from Neri & Hu's description:

The interior strategy is expressed through a blurring and inversion of the inside/outside as well as public/private, creating a disorienting yet refreshing spatial experience for the hotel guest who longs for the extraordinary. The public spaces allow one to peek into private rooms and the private spaces invite one to look on to public arenas, resulting in an unexpected welcome that defines the hotel’s hospitality. 

Neri & Hu receives 'Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award 2010' by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for the Waterhouse

Water House (sources: http://www.nhdro.com)

Reception (sources: http://www.nhdro.com)

Entrance & Reception Area (sources: http://www.nhdro.com)

Waterhouse Entrance    (sources: http://www.archdaily.com)

Roof top (sources: http://www.archdaily.com)

Restaurant Table No. 1 (sources: http://www.nhdro.com)

Restaurant Table No 1 (sources: http://www.nhdro.com)

Sources:
http://waterhouseshanghai.com/
http://www.nhdro.com
http://archdaily.com

Wang Shugang Show @ Beijing Opposite House 2011 Jan - March 王书刚雕塑装置作品展_ 瑜舍酒店

Wang Shugang Show @ Beijing Opposite House 2011 Jan - March
王书刚雕塑装置作品展_ 瑜舍酒店

 

Graduated from Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1985, Wang Shugang (b. 1960) developed his career in Germany over 20 years and returned to China in 2000, currently based in Beijing.  His works have been widely exhibited between China, America and Europe and are publicly displayed in China, Germany and Canada.  His arts is well-known in expressing the 20th century daily life in China with Buddhist iconography in a playful sense.

 

 

Sources:
http://review.redboxstudio.cn
http://housevibe.cn